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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Learning Curve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris compares his father's most recent dog, Sophie, to
(a) A trophy wife.
(b) A substitute wife.
(c) A capricious young bride.
(d) An inexperienced substitute teacher.

2. Paul's relationship with his father might be described as
(a) Callous and indifferent.
(b) Coddling and protective.
(c) Honest and direct.
(d) Blunt and hurtful.

3. Mr. Mancini makes Sedaris uncomfortable by constantly referring to
(a) Men and sex.
(b) Popular songs Sedaris does not know.
(c) Jazz musicians.
(d) Women and sex.

4. Why are the fishermen interested in Lou Sedaris' equation?
(a) They want to know if he is interested in buying property.
(b) They want to know why he is drawing in the sand.
(c) They are interested in the number of grains of sand per acre.
(d) They want to know how much their property would have been worth today.

5. Sedaris justifies viewing soap operas in class by
(a) Creating an assignment in which students wrote their own soap operas.
(b) Arguing that soap operas taught attention to character.
(c) Arguing that soap operas were an eduring fom of writing.
(d) Creating a writing assignment in which students predicted upcoming events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts Lou Sedaris to enroll his children in music lessons?

2. Sedaris' attempt to recruit his guitar teacher for his jingle-singing act results in

3. The Japanese cartoon Fatty and Skinny makes Sedaris sad because

4. Why is Sedaris offered a job teaching a writing workshop?

5. Rather than sports, Sedaris states that he and his fellow speech therapy students were more interested in

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